Windshield



Nov. 26, 1929. L. sAlvEs v wINDsHELD Filed oct. 1, `v1927 auf PatentedNov. 26, 1929 UNITEB STATES PATENT FFCE LEON salvas, or BrLLAncoURr,Fahnen, assienon To Lonrs RENAULT, or BILLAN- cenar, FRANCE WINDSHIELDApplication led October 1, 1927, Serial No. 223,462, and .in FranceOctober :16, 1926.

used, the frames located to right or left must be folded down towardsthe axis of the vehicle in order to allow of access to the rear seats.

The means of attachment, which is the subject of my present invention,allows of attaching the windscreens to the sides of the car body bymeans of an elastic system, thus avoiding noise when travellingl or theeffectof car vibrations on the windscreen. This means of attachment issubstantially constituted by an india-rubber ring attached for exampleto the window frame and which in the closed position is located in acorresponding cavity in the car body, the india-rubber ring beingdistorted when required so as to press against the inner surface of thecavity.

My invention also comprises certain def tails, which will be describedat length hereinafter.

In the accompanying drawings Fig. 1 is a view partly in section of oneconstruction of the means of attachment according to my invention; Figs.2 and 3 show modified constructions; Figs. 4, 5 and 6 are detailed viewsof the apparatus shown in Fig. 3.

On reference to the drawings it is seen that the means of attachmentshown in Fig. 1 comprises a spindle 1, attached to the frame of one ofthe jointed panels of the windscreen 2, which it is desired to attach tothe sides of the car body. For this purpose there is fixed to said sidesan arm 3 terminating at its upper end in a cylindrical collar 4,intended to receive an india-rubber ring 5 carried on the spindle 1attached to the windscreen 2. The india-rubber ring is carried free onthe spindle 1 between two washers 6 and 7 slipped over this spindle.rEhe washer 7 moreover can slide on the spindle so as to compress theindia-rubber ring 5 under the action of operative means. The effect ofsuch compression exerted upon the india-rubber, when it is locatedinside the collar 4, is to distort it at the moment of closing, and tocause it to press against the inner surface of the collar 4, thussecuring the -connection ofthe arm 3 to the frame of the windscreen 2.In the construction shown in Fig. 1 the operative means, which producesthe distortion of the india-rubber ring 5, consists of a lever 8, endingin a fork 9 and attached by means of a pivot 10 to the end of vthespindle 1. The fork 9 is constructed with an eccentric portion 11, whichconstitutes a cam, and which, on :rotation being imparted to the lever8, operates upon the washer 7 so as to shift it towards the left (F ig.l) by compressing the india-rubber ring 5, which thenas aforesaid,presses against the inner surface of the collar 4. The fork Yhas also vaflat 12 adjacent to the cam surface 11, which allow-s of its beingmaintained in the position shown dotted, .in .line with the spindle 1,when it is wished to disengage the latter from the collar 4.

Fig. 2 shows a modification, .in which the india-rubber ring 5 iscarried as before .on the spindle 1, attached to the frame of thewindscreen 2, said spindle having' a head 18 whilst its other endtowards the outside of the vehicle is threaded so as .to take a wingnut14 for example. The spindle lis fitted in such way as to slide freelythrough the lower part of the frame 2 and for thispurpose there isprovided a groove 15, which co-oper( .tes with a set-screw 16 insertedin' the lower part of the frame 2.

It is clear that when a yrotary movement is imparted to the wing-nut 14,the threaded spindle 1, which is prevented from rotating owing toitsgroove being held by the set screw 16, shifts longitudinally towardsthe outside of the vehicle thus compressing the indialrubber ring 5 byits head 13, :the said ring being thus distorted and pressed against theinner surface of the collar 4.

A further modification is shown in Figs. 3, 4, 5 and'G, wherein theoperating lever :8 is carried by aspindle 17 located in a casing 18. Onthe spindle 17 is fixed an eccentric disc 19, on ythe periphery ofwhichthere is provided free a strap l2O attached vto the spindle .1, :andprovidedat its end `outside .the vehicle with a plug 2l screwed on theend et the spindle l and having a shoulder resting against theindia-rubber ring 5. The indiarubber ring 5 can press against the innersuriace of the collar 4 supported in the aforesaid way by the attachmentarm 3. It will be noticed that the inner surface of the collar L isshown slightly conical at Ll so as to secure a better grip by theindia-rubber ring 5. The

operation of the apparatus is at once ap-` parent; it is suliicient inorder to cause the release and locking of the means ot attachment, tomake the lever 8 rotate through 180 so as to bring about the rotation otthe eccentric 19, which, when the apparatusy is released, exerts athrust on the spindle l. It follows that for locking the apparatus therotation of the lever 8, by shifting the eccentric 19, exerts a tractionon the spindle l in such way that the shoulder provided on the plug 2lcompresses the india-rubber ring 5 inside the conical hole e of thecollar 4, thus securing the clamping of the two members to be united Theshitting ot the lever 8 is limited by a stop 22 on the casing 1S.

It will be noticed that this resilientmeans of support oit thewindscreen on the sides of the car body prevents all vibration andnoise, and Oilers many advantages over the means hitherto employed.

It should also be noted that the means ot attachment in question mightbe employed for other applications than the lining ot windscreens on thesides ot car bodies. rlhus for example it might be applied with ad-Vantage for attaching hooks or as a doorclosing device.

. In the several constructions above described the connecting spindle,which carries the india-rubber ring is located on the windscreen, whilstthe collar is attached to the car body. It is obvious that a conversearrangement might be adopted in certain cases without departing from thescope of the invention.

Claims:

l. Means for attaching windshields to car bodies, including a support, acollar mounted on said support, a spindle extending through said collarand connected tothe windshield, an elastic ring encircling the spindleand located in said collar, and means for imposing pressure upon theouter face of said ring whereby to cause the latter to exert pressureagainst said windshield, said means comprising a lever secured to theouter end of said spindle, and a cam carried by said lever and providedwith an eccentric portion, substantially as described.

2; Means for attaching windshields to car bodies, including a support, acollar carried by the support, a spindle extending laterally through thecollar and secured to the windshield, a compressible ring mounted withinthe collar and extending around said spindle,

